I don't like Randy Newman's music.
May. 15th, 2008 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerSome of this is rooted in my childhood - being a short child in elementary school when "Short People" came out. Saying "it's a parody" did not cut it with me when every taller child sang it at me for months.
But beyond the turgid drama of my childhood traumas, I just don't like his singing style or his lyrics. The only time I've been amused was the spoof in Family Guy (Randy Newman sings what he sees - "Red headed lady, Reaching for an apple. Gonna take a bite, nope, nope.")
Which is one reason why I was so annoyed that Monk went to Newman for the theme song in season two. They had a perfectly good score; why ruin it with Newman?
But beyond the turgid drama of my childhood traumas, I just don't like his singing style or his lyrics. The only time I've been amused was the spoof in Family Guy (Randy Newman sings what he sees - "Red headed lady, Reaching for an apple. Gonna take a bite, nope, nope.")
Which is one reason why I was so annoyed that Monk went to Newman for the theme song in season two. They had a perfectly good score; why ruin it with Newman?
